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Ignacio Moran1885

“I came to San Angelo in 1885 from Laredo, Texas. I drove cattle for old man Sanderson to this section and located here.

“Some Indians got loose from the government and came in here as far as the Courthouse Mountains but were captured and carried back.

“I have heard my father tell that he and other Mexicans that herded sheep and drove cattle dressed as Indians to steal cattle, sheep and horses. Many of them would rob but my father had no part in that. The cattle owners would stage these attacks of camouflage to gain herds without cost.
( Father saw old man Spears kill two buffalo where the Santa Rita School is located; he helped to skin them.
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“The last beaver that I saw in these parts was caught near the forks of the river during the 1906 flood.

“When my wife was coming from Comanche a band of Indians whirled by and almost hit the wagons; they supposed some whites were after them, anyway they made no effort to attack.